ISO 45004 gives safety teams a formal performance-evaluation guide
The 2024 standard focuses on monitoring, measurement, analysis, evaluation, and indicators—useful criteria for separating an EHS dashboard from a governed performance system.
Evidence for safer work and accountable operations.
Source-backed reporting and analysis connected to the companies, capabilities, authorities, and operating domains it affects.
The 2024 standard focuses on monitoring, measurement, analysis, evaluation, and indicators—useful criteria for separating an EHS dashboard from a governed performance system.
The October 2025 close of post-hearing briefing advances a major rulemaking, but the federal standard remains proposed and should not be presented as final law.
The November 2025 proposal follows the 2023 TSCA rule requiring manufacturers and importers to report information reaching back to 2011, leaving scope and timing as active change-management issues.
The February 2026 proposal would revise portions of the 2024 chemical-accident-prevention amendments, requiring operators to manage current duties and possible future changes as separate records.
The January 2026 notice moves affected deadlines by four months, requiring chemical-content and EHS systems to preserve both rule status and phased operating dates.
The June 2026 final rule updates 40 CFR Part 370 hazard categories and Safety Data Sheet terminology, connecting environmental reporting data to occupational hazard-communication changes.
The fourth edition replaces ISO 14001:2015 and turns edition control, transition planning, and requirement mapping into immediate work for environmental-management teams and software providers.